Hooper Josse Brewster-Jones (1887-1949)
Musical Compositions
MSS 0162
Series 7: Stage Works
Ballet Music – the Call of France
Composed 4-10/6/1917
- Introduction to Act 3 - full score MS ink 32 p.
- Introduction to Act 3 – full score MS ink photocopy 30 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Pf reduction MS ink 20 p.
- Introduction to Act 2 - Pf reduction sketch MS pencil and ink 10 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Fl MS ink 8 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Ob MS ink 5 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Cl in A MS ink 7 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Horn in F MS ink 6 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Horn in E flat MS ink 3 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Cornet 1 in A MS ink 6 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Cornet 2 in A MS ink 6 p. plus cover
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Trombone 1 in B flat MS ink 6 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Trombone 2 in B flat MS ink 6 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Bass Trombone in G MS ink 6 p. plus cover
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Harp (or piano) MS ink 2 p. plus cover
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Timps MS ink 5 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Side Drum, Tambourine MS ink 3 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Bass Drum, Cymbals MS ink 2 p. plus cover
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Glockenspiel MS ink 3 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Triangle MS ink 2 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vl1 copy 1 MS ink 9 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vl1 copy 2 MS ink 8 p. - titled Pierrot Suite
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vl1 copy 3 MS ink 7 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vl1 copy 4 MS ink 8 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vl1 copy 5 MS ink 8 p. - titled Pierrot Suite
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vl2 copy 1 MS ink 6 p. plus cover
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vl2 copy 2 MS ink 7 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vl2 copy 3 MS ink 6 p. plus cover
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vl2 copy 4 MS ink 7 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vla copy 1 MS ink 5 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vla copy 2 MS ink 7 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vc copy 1 MS ink 8 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - Vc copy 2 MS ink 7 p.
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - CB copy 1 MS ink 6 p. plus cover
- Introduction to Acts 1, 2, and 3 - CB copy 2 MS ink 7 p.
- Miscellaneous sketches, notes and parts
- Synopsis of plot
- Letter from Attorney-General’s Department 9/9/1918 re Call of France performing rights
Ballet: The Spirit of Anzac
Composed 10/6/1917
- Piano reduction MS ink 20 p.
Music Drama in 3 acts - Deirdre of the Sorrows
Commenced 28/10/1915
Libretto by J.M. Synge
- Voice parts act 1 scene 1 –MS ink p. 1-2, 15-20 in marked up MS book. Kathleen M. Fisher’s copy
- Voice and piano reduction parts act 1 scene 1 - MS ink 37 p. plus p. 40
- Full score - MS ink 6 p. (incomplete) plus cover
- Full score - MS ink 9 p., plus fragments
- Voice and piano reduction - complete work –MS ink 469 p.
Opera Ballet - the Nightingale and the Rose
Composed 26/8/1926 - 18/12/1939
- Voice and piano reduction act 1 scene 1 - MS ink 13 p.
- Voice and piano reduction act 1 scene 1 - MS pencil 35 p.
Ondine
Commenced 9/11/1918
- Introduction to Act I - Full score MS ink 7 p.
- Introduction to Act I - piano reduction MS ink 14 p.
- Introduction to Act I - piano reduction MS ink 2 p.
- Complete work? - piano reduction MS ink 87 p.
- Vocal part - MS ink 1 p.
- Song: Morning So Bright - piano and voice MS pencil 3 p. (numbered p. 223)
- Libretto – MS. typed 7 p. and MS 10 p.
- ‘Sketch for Udine commenced 5/1/1922, MS ink 2 p.
- ‘Undine commenced 11/11/1921. MS pencil 2 p.
- Udine p. 72 only “Enter Fisherman’s wife” MS ink
Dagobert, the Jester
Commenced 8/4/1925
- Voice and piano reduction - MS ink 20 p.
- Voice and piano reduction – MS pencil sketch 24 p.
- plot synopsis MS pencil 7 p.
Merlin
Undated
Vocal and piano for Merlin and Morgan, MS pencil 10 p. plus cover
Sweet Doll of Haddon Hall – Romantic opera
Commenced 6/6/1922
- Voice and piano MS pencil 6 p.
Phillip (Opera)
Words by S. Verhaerer
- Act 1 Scene 1 only, Voice and piano MS pencil 4 p.
Comic Opera: The Belle of Cairo
- Oriental Dance. Written 7/9/1922 - pf reduction MS pencil sketch 2 p., stuck to: Libretto MS pencil 4 p.
- Serenata. Written 20/8/1921 - pf reduction MS pencil sketch 4 p.
- Waltz. Written 3/12/1921 - pf reduction MS pencil sketch 4 p. plus cover
- [In MS book] Commenced 6/3/1921. Ball Room Scene Overlooking the Nile; By the Nile; Phantom Dance; Him; I’ve Journeyed Far to See that Sphinx; Arab Dance; I Like This Place MS pencil 5 p.; The Mystic Bells of Cairo - MS ink and pencil 36 p. With letter to Brewster Jones from his father, Aldinga [n.d.]
